NGC 3417
NGC 3417
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3417 as it looked roughly 304 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 3436Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3425Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3441Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3462Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3438Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3425Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3441Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3462Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3438Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).